Caravel

Overview

A warship whose projectiles pass through multiple enemy ships in a line.

Availability and investment

Caravel becomes available in Castle Age. Its listed production context is Portuguese. The listed cost is 90 Wood, 43 Gold and the training time is 25 seconds. This tells you when it can first join an army and which resources must be reserved alongside Villager production, upgrades, and other military lines.

• Upgrade path: Caravel → Elite Caravel

Combat profile

The available combat values are included here so the numbers can be read as a profile rather than an isolated list. Hit points and armor describe how long the unit can remain exposed; attack and any bonus damage describe what it threatens; range, reload, accuracy, and movement describe how reliably it can engage or disengage. A value shown for a whole upgrade line applies to the listed stages as recorded, so compare the stage names instead of treating the line as one base unit.

• Ranged attack: 4
• Hit points: 143
• Melee armor: 0
• Pierce armor: 5
• Ranged attack: 4
• Range: 6
• Line of sight: 9
• Reload time: 3 seconds
• Movement speed: 1.36
• Accuracy: 100%

Field use

Use the unit where water control matters: protect fishing and transport routes, contest enemy ships, or support a landing. Its impact depends on the map’s shore access and the rest of the fleet.

Armor classes and counters

Armor-class bonuses are separate from base attack and the target’s melee or pierce armor. The class list below shows the unit’s documented combat categories and bonus-damage relationships; use it to judge matchups instead of relying on the unit label alone.

• Armor class: Unique unit
• Armor class: Ship
• Caravel deals +4 bonus damage to units in the Ram class
• Caravel deals +11 bonus damage to units in the All Buildings class
• Caravel deals +6 bonus damage to units in the Fishing Ship class

Related unit plan: Caravel line-damage fleet mass

Caravel: Caravels damage ships and shoreline targets in a line, so a group can punish clustered fleets more effectively than a lone ship. Their strength depends on lining up several targets and coordinating the approach Use scouting ships to reveal the enemy formation, then bring Caravels together so their line attacks cross the densest part of the fleet. Protect them with supporting warships and target transports or ships gathered around a crossing An isolated Caravel can lose a direct duel to stronger individual ships. Avoid sending one forward alone or firing into a scattered fleet where the line attack cannot reach multiple targets